THE WORK​Most of my paintings are oil on canvas, with exceptions of small number of collages. In viewing those paintings you can find how I interpret depressing optimism on canvas with my goal being to overcome the depression in full. Symbolism is presented by combining black tones with very bright colors. Every painting has its starting point in jet black which in turn symbolically eats away the joy of the bright colors that will come as the painting progresses.As the process goes further the pitch black is slowly blended away in the bright colors, that serve as a metaphor for spectacle, happiness, love and feel-good emotions. At the very end, the black is there as a reminder, but not as an open wound. The answer to my riddle is in answering the question of how to stay happy despite so many tragedies in the history of mankind and as they are followed the loves of individual humans.

The narrative here is not focused on one but on the many. It can be said that these paintings show ‘everything from birth to war’, they show animals, wizards, street musicians, men in make-up and seductive girls. The paintings are visually clear, but in the search for their meaning you can ask again “What did the artist want to say?”. The subject is before the viewer, but I don’t say that I am right when I say something in my works!These paintings are a good ally for me in my endeavours to be better, more grounded in the spiritual cognisance of self-improvement. These paintings, when we observe them for longer periods of time, become “soul food”. Playful and with bright colours with bold painting techniques negating their traumatic attitude even though they hint at tragedy. Some may say that that by itself is disappointing, some may say that it is encouraging.

From the beginning, as in my early works, so it is today, my striving towards the figure is visible. They show in part or in full, the way in which the figures keep the peace and calm. Even when some elements seem dynamically strong, there are elements that keep the whole in peace, so the movement can be only felt as outside movement and not as the inner composition of the painting.I started on this artistic journey inspired by the work of the Giacometti. When I am thoroughly familiar and engrossed with my work, I move on and have no fear of wasting time by the trying of different painting ideas and technical solutions. That is now a process in which my admiration for many other artists can be clearly seen, but it is also a clear sign of a painter who is truly amazed by the being of art that is always reborn.